Slugs and snails love the city, unlike other animals
Most native species avoid more urbanized areas of Los Angeles, but slugs and snails may actually prefer these environments, according to a study publishing May...
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Babies babble squeals and growls in clustering patterns observable from birth through the first year, suggesting this active vocal exploration is important to speech development
In the first large-scale observation with human coding of infant vocalizations using all-day home recordings, babies of all ages from birth up to a year...
The sweat bee, H. rubicundus, is less sociable in Scotland than in Cornwall, but is genetically differentiated and genetically isolated too
The sweat bee, H. rubicundus, is less sociable in Scotland than in Cornwall, but is genetically differentiated and genetically isolated tooCredit: Rebecca A. Boulton, CC-BY...
Researchers create materials with unique combo of stiffness, thermal insulation
Researchers have demonstrated the ability to engineer materials that are both stiff and capable of insulating against heat. This combination of properties is extremely unusual...
Experimental physics leads to award-winning research
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Physicist Holly Szumila-Vance has always been curious about how the world works. Throughout her career, she has never been afraid to...
Dariusz Stramski selected as 2024 recipient of the Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal
Professor Dariusz Stramski of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has been selected by The Oceanography Society as the 2024 recipient of the...
National Science Board elects first industry leader in 30 years
Darío Gil, Ph.D., IBM Senior Vice President and Director of Research and a member of the Board of Trustees for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has...
Reading from the light
Every year, medical diagnostics are getting better and better thanks to the tremendous development of new methods that enable the precise detection of the many...
AI health coach lowers blood pressure and boosts engagement in patients with hypertension
(Toronto, May 28, 2024) A new study in JMIR Cardio, published by JMIR Publications, shows that a fully digital, artificial intelligence (AI)–driven lifestyle coaching program...
Some species may better tolerate climate change than expected
A new model, developed by Ifremer and Lausanne University researchers and published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, reassesses the proportion of terrestrial and...
Researchers improve satellite surveillance of emperor penguins
Woods Hole, Mass – Monitoring the global population of emperor penguins is a major challenge. Not only do they inhabit Antarctica’s harsh, remote environment, their...
Editing without “cutting”: Molecular mechanisms of new gene-editing tool revealed
Joint research led by Yutaro Shuto, Ryoya Nakagawa, and Osamu Nureki of the University of Tokyo determined the spatial structure of various processes of a...
Maintenance of male-related genes after loss of males in stick insects
Traits are often lost during evolution, either because they are no longer beneficial or because they are too costly to maintain. When this happens, it...
The case of the missing black holes
Researchers at the Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU) and Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI) at...
Complete X and Y chromosome sequences of living great ape species determined
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Newly generated, complete “end-to-end” reference genomes for the sex chromosomes of five great ape species and one lesser ape species —...
